Re: [tor-relays] Do they use their own modem/router?

2023-06-14 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Jun 14, 2023, at 10:49, Livingood, Jason via tor-relays > wrote: > > a customer that has Advanced Security has in essence (1) chosen to use an XB > gateway rather than buy their own modem & router in retail and manage it > themselves, and (2) turned on Advanced Security. I appreciate

Re: [tor-relays] Comcast blocks ALL traffic with tor relays

2023-06-12 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Jun 11, 2023, at 04:46, xmrk2 via tor-relays > wrote: > > I believe Comcast blocks all traffic between its customers and public tor > relay nodes I'm a reluctant Comcast Business user. Here's my experience (briefly, as I'm typing with a newly-fractured wrist): Though during install I

Re: [tor-relays] Relay operators meetup @ rC3

2021-12-29 Thread ronqtorrelays
Hi! I couldn't make the meeting (I retire at the end of January, and should at long last have time to devote to things Tor). Thanks for posting the notes. It prompted me to review the draft "expectations for relay operators" document. It looks very good, though I do have a quibble. The line "Tr

Re: [tor-relays] [Censorship in Russia] Make HTTPS/Moat captcha more complex?

2021-12-25 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Dec 22, 2021, at 22:42, Gary C. New via tor-relays > wrote: > > Perhaps Directory Authorities could preform fingerprint to address > resolution? I'm not familiar with how I2P does this, but wouldn't this just shift blocking targets from the relatively large pool of bridges and relays

Re: [tor-relays] A Simple Web of Trust for Tor Relay Operator IDs

2021-11-11 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Nov 10, 2021, at 10:29, Jonas via tor-relays > wrote: > > I could easily run thousands of [relays] across many ASes ... However, > providing proof of identity or anything which ties to my real world identity > is a non-starter. I'm in a similar situation, though it would be "dozens" in

Re: [tor-relays] Ubuntu Focal

2020-06-01 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On May 31, 2020, at 09:49, Pac-Man wrote: > > When will there be support for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? There does not seem to be a > repo setup where you can use focal. I assume that you're trying to follow the instructions on https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en and you're frustrat

Re: [tor-relays] Again: abuse email for non-exit relay (masergy)

2020-05-03 Thread ronqtorrelays
I got a *bunch* (harassment-level) of telephone calls from my ISP similar to this. They refused to do anything by email, and wouldn't tell me anything more about the supposed port-scanning attacks. They just kept asking me to "make sure Windows and my router firmware were up to date." (No Window

Re: [tor-relays] Advices about Tor Network in general...

2020-01-09 Thread ronqtorrelays
For (3), you might want to look at TorBox https://www.torbox.ch I don't know anything about it except what's on their web site, but it sounds as though it might do what you want. --Ron > On Jan 7, 2020, at 14:08, Hugo Claude wrote: > > Hello everyone, > I've became recently engaged agaisnt M

Re: [tor-relays] Running on a Raspberry Pi

2019-09-10 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Sep 9, 2019, at 19:16, William Denton wrote: > > Now I'm trying it on a Pi Four (which has four CPUs and two gigs of RAM) and > so far it's working, though it's not moving as much traffic as on the laptop. From what I have read about the Pi 4, heat is a big issue. If you're not doing som

Re: [tor-relays] What could cause a huge clock skew (9 days) across Tor restarts - anyone else experienced something like this?

2019-09-08 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Sep 7, 2019, at 04:13, s7r wrote: > > after upgrading from 0.4.1.2 to 0.4.2.0, I did an entire system > reboot because I also updated some other stuff. So the entire OS > restarted, not just Tor daemon It seems likely that your machine's hardware clock is off. During a reboot, the system

Re: [tor-relays] tor relay shutsdown

2019-02-01 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Feb 1, 2019, at 03:01, Neelix wrote: > > Ah! This might be the problem. Tor is almost using 100% of the CPU. > Is there a way to reduce the CPU usage? Or should I upgrade the server? I would immediately suspect an overheating CPU. If the CPU cooler fan is defective, or if the heatsink co

Re: [tor-relays] slow relays

2019-01-15 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Jan 15, 2019, at 11:15, Felix wrote: > > Just a guess: Your cpu idles and your bandwidth is underused? > Put a second relay to your ip. Fine idea! Will do. --Ron ___ tor-relays mailing list tor-relays@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproje

Re: [tor-relays] slow relays

2019-01-13 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Jan 13, 2019, at 18:03, teor wrote: > > > On 14 Jan 2019, at 09:32, ronqtorrel...@risley.net wrote: >> >> Thanks. I'm curious what, in the consensus, suggests that I'm too far from >> the Authority Servers? I don't know how to read that page; I can't even >> figure out what units they'

Re: [tor-relays] slow relays

2019-01-13 Thread ronqtorrelays
Hi! Thanks. I'm curious what, in the consensus, suggests that I'm too far from the Authority Servers? I don't know how to read that page; I can't even figure out what units they're using to report bandwidth. One of the relays is one hop away (via a lightly-loaded terabit switch) from the (form

[tor-relays] slow relays

2019-01-13 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Jan 12, 2019, at 18:32, teor wrote: > > Here are some initial steps for troubleshooting: > https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/MyRelayIsSlow Hi! I have been running a couple of relays for 4-5 years. In spite of following the advice in the link above, I still only average ab

Re: [tor-relays] Extreme Exit Policy

2018-12-18 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Dec 17, 2018, at 22:51, Mirimir wrote: > > And sure, I could setup .onion SSH for everything, and that'd arguably > be more secure. But sometimes I'm just too lazy for that. I'm pretty frickin' lazy, but I do this with all my servers. Here's the recipe for Linux/Debian provisioning: -*"

Re: [tor-relays] tor relay - impact on e-mail system reputation

2018-11-26 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Nov 25, 2018, at 10:10, starlight.201...@binnacle.cx wrote: > > If an IP is not on Spamhaus and not on Barracuda it > should have no problem obtaining a decent reputation. Not too many years back, I had a non-exit relay on the same IP address I use for my general home WiFi network. Mail re

Re: [tor-relays] Running A Tor Relay On Windows 10 (Was Continuing To Run A Relay On Mac OS High Sierra Via Homebrew After A New Mac OS Version Is Released)

2018-10-05 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Oct 4, 2018, at 23:03, Keifer Bly wrote: > > I was not able to run Debian Linux on my machine, or the new Mac OS. FWIW, I have been running various Debian-derived distros (Ubuntu and Devuan, currently) on vintage Macs since Apple switched to Intel processors (and I ran Yellow Dog for year

Re: [tor-relays] Thoughts on automatically updating tor software on macos High Sierra

2018-07-09 Thread ronqtorrelays
> On Jul 9, 2018, at 19:21, Keifer Bly wrote: > > I am attempting to find a way to do this automatically on macos High Sierra > where the process doesn’t have to be running every second. The preferred way to do this is with launchd. Basically, you create a special .plist file that defines th

Re: [tor-relays] what is the Nyx "measured" bandwidth?

2018-07-04 Thread ronqtorrelays
Thanks, but Nyx reports: > [sum:1912][~]$ nyx --version > nyx version 2.0.4 (released November 5, 2017) which, according to nyx.torproject.org, is the latest version. I sent a screenshot, but it was too big to make it to the list without moderation. --Ron > On Jul 4, 2018, at 15:00, Damian Joh

[tor-relays] what is the Nyx "measured" bandwidth?

2018-07-04 Thread ronqtorrelays
Hi! I've been running a couple of relays for 3-4 years now. They are on lightly-loaded 100MB/s fiber links. They have seven flags, lots of uptime, etc. They advertise 20Mb/s, but Nyx reports: "measured: 22.1 Kb/s" for D76E1FDC7A3D899282BB882F74111B36A6D14B64 and "measured: 28.6 Kb/s" for 56DC